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An Indigenous youth leadership development and skills building experience"A once in a lifetime opportunity for young people in Canada".

Msit No’Kmaq, the Mi’kmaq phrase that translates to All My Relations, speaks to the interconnectedness between all people and things. This concept of connection is an essential teaching in many First Nations, Inuit and Metis world views and guides how many Indigenous people walk in a good way. The concept speaks to how everything in the universe is connected and reinforces that everyone and everything has purpose, matters, is important and belongs.

The ideas, values and belief in Msit No’Kmaq can guide young people as they relate to others, themselves and the world they live within. This deep connection can serve as the foundation of the relationship young people have with their family, community and to the world.

This connection is what will occur for 45 Indigenous, (First Nation, Metis, Inuit),young people between 16 –24 years old who are selected as Sail Trainees as part of Msit No’Kmaq: All My Relations, an Indigenous youth leadership development and skills building experience. A partnership between Indigenous leadership and communities, community organizations, government, international sailing organizations and the private sector, this is a once in a lifetime opportunity for young people in Canada.

Connecting culture, content and capacity building, the participants will learn, share and build a community with other Indigenous young people at sea while racing across the Atlantic by ship.

Convening in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the young people will board the Gulden Leeuw, a Dutch flagged tall ship with extensive experience in youth sail training on July 29th to take part in the Rendez-Vous 2017 Tall Ships Regatta, where many tall ships will be sailing Canadian waters to honour the 150th anniversary of the Canadian Confederation. On August 1st the Sail Trainees will depart with a team of facilitators for Le Havre, France, arriving approximately 25 days later. Each day the Sail Trainees will be responsible for the running of the ship, under the training of the professional crew of the Gulden Leeuw. From watch keeping to cleaning the deck, navigating and learning the ins and outs of sailing the Sail Trainees will take part in a daily leadership and mentorship program designed specifically for this program.

The Gulden Leeuw Sail Training complemented by the leadership component will ensure young people leave the experience with new skills, understanding of themselves as leaders and a deeper world view. This is a partnership project between Assemblyof First Nations Office of the Regional Chief, NS/NFLD, Waterfront Development, Ulnooweg, the Gulden Leeuw, Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Society, Sail Training International and Three Things Consulting.

We are humbled to be working with passionate partners from Atlantic Canada, including the Assembly of First Nations Office of Regional Chief Morley Googoo, Waterfront Development, Ulnooweg Development Group Inc, Mi'kmaw Native Friendship Centre Sail Training International and the Gulden Leeuw, a Dutch flagged Youth Sail Training Tall Ship and we are thrilled to share an invitation to Indigenous young people across Canada between 16 - 24 years old to experience a life changing adventure!

Please share this information freely with youth and communities you serve and we hope you can offer support to First Nation, Metis and Inuit youth who want to apply to take part in a leadership and mentorship program while sailing as part of the crew on The Gulden Leeuw from Halifax to Le Havre France this August. Each selected youth will receive a stipend for taking part upon completion of the program.

You are welcome to share this YouTube link of a video message to Indigenous youth from one of Three Things Consulting team members, 19-year-old Saimaniq Temela, one of the facilitators on the Ship of the leadership component and who is also the first Indigenous recipient of the International Youth Sail Trainer of the Year Award by Sail Training International when he was 17.

Chi Miigwech for your support and ensuring young people know about this opportunity.

The Three Things Team

Three Things Consulting, an Indigenous owned company specializes in designing programs, projects and events where the engagement of stakeholders is critical to success. We believe in outcome focused consulting, and we are committed to investing in social change. Our message to youth, their allies, communities and organizations is simple: #the3Things: You Matter. You Are Important. You Belong. We incorporate the spirt of these in our public speaking, capacity building, program design and in the strategic advice and counsel we offer to organizations, communities and government.